Guest post submitted by Akhetnu.
Furry is a unique exploration and interpretation of the human experience, warts and all, through the lens of animals both real and fantastic. Many of these creatures are unique to certain parts of the world, especially the imaginary ones that form part of the mythological archetypes of the cultures other than our own. When it comes to looking at humanity, we also tend to investigate these various cultures as they existed and continue to exist throughout time.
Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer.
Dear Patch;
FurPlanet is advertising that its appearance at Further Confusion will be the final opportunity at present to buy the RainFurrest charity anthologies. FurPlanet is no longer carrying them after last December 31st and it is bringing its final printed copies for sale at FC 2016. The book is at least temporarily unavailable, because it will be up to the con to take over printing and selling after this year. – Fred
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Cats and More Cats; Feline Fantasy Fiction, edited by Fred Patten, is launching at Further Confusion 2016 in San Jose, California over the January 14-18 five-day weekend. The book can be pre-ordered online from FurPlanet Productions. It will be for sale on the FurPlanet online catalogue afterwards.
Cats and More Cats is a reprint anthology of 14 short stories and novelettes of feline fantasy fiction (“the best of the best”) from 1989 to the present, most of them out-of-print today, plus a new
Everything was happy and peaceful with the furries, until… Overflowing hot tubs damaged the Rainfurrest hotel. The con’s current status is still seeking a new venue. There’s been much public discussion about bad behavior leading to this.
Separate from that drama, there was an issue about organizing their dealer’s room in 2015. High demand vs. limited capacity made pressure to compete for tables. Rainfurrest decided to manage it with a new Jury Selection process that left many feeling shut out
If you have helped to organize a furry convention, please comment below.
Fred Patten wants to put your con in a fandom history book from an academic publisher. (He’s “Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer“, with many previous articles.) There are pieces of info lacking from many cons – Fred can make it clear what’s needed from which ones. He’ll report it like this example, RAINFURREST. – Patch
Fred’s message:
For the last two years, I have been compiling a history of all furry conven
Furclubbing: “A repeat/regular nightclub event by furries for furries.” It’s a New Thing that’s been spreading since the late 2000’s. This kind of dance party is independent from cons. This builds on the growth of cons, and takes things farther.
It’s more ambitious than events that happen once, house parties, or informal meets. Those can stay inner-focused for friends who already know each other. This brings partnership with venues that aren’t hotels, and new supportive interest in the ki
Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer.
Fledger: a Novel, by Nicholas Barrett.
NYC, Macmillan Publishing Co., September 1985, hardcover $13.95 (207 pages).
Ever since Adams’ Watership Down was published in 1972, just about any “realistic” nature fantasy centered upon one particular species has been “high profiled” as a “Watership Down for” (whatever species is featured). Fledger is certainly a Watership Down for puffins.
A flock of puffins is returning to Land (spe
Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer.
Housepets! Will Do It For Free (Book 6), by Rick Griffin.
North Charleston, SC, CreateSpace, November 2015, trade paperback $13.95 (52 pages).
Another year passes, and here is the new annual collection of the Housepets! online comic strip by Rick Griffin. Housepets! has appeared each Monday-Wednesday-Friday since June 2, 2008. It has won the Ursa Major Award for the Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip for every year since! – for
Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer.
Ninja Timmy, by Henrik Tamm. Illustrated by the author.
NYC, Delacorte Press, November 2015, hardcover $14.99 (211 [+ 2] pages), Kindle $9.99.
This children’s book was originally published in 2013 in Sweden as Ninja Timmy Och De Stulna Skratten, although it was written in English. Henrik Tamm is described in an About the Author as “a conceptual designer in Hollywood involved in various animated and live-action projects” (p. [2
Look what showed up in my Christmas presents!
My dad noticed me looking at it a bunch on our Grand Canyon trip and picked it up after I got on the plane to head back! ^w^
I adopted a cat recently. I was meant to pick her up on the 22nd, but there were complications during surgery (apparently the surgical incision was a bit too large and they wanted to ensure it healed properly) and they changed the pick-up date to today, the 24th.
I picked her up and she's just a sweet little baby, she's so happy to finally be able to walk around, stretch out, and lay on the couch instead of being cooped up in a kennel/cage. I saw her a while back and knew I had to adopt her; s
Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. GeneStorm. Book 2, Fort Dandelion, by Paul Kidd Raleigh, NC, Lulu.com/Perth, Western Australia, Kitsune Press, 11/2015, trade PB $23.11 (347 pages), Kindle $7.95. Gene Storm: Fort Dandelion follows closely after Book 1, City in the Sky. It is also “set in the Australian ‘weird-lands’ 150 years after […] View the full article
Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Typewriter Emergencies, 2015 Edition [edited by Weasel] Manvel, TX, Weasel Press, October 2015, trade paperback $16.95 (179 pages), Kindle $3.99. The blurb says, “Welcome to the first release of Typewriter Emergencies, a collection of psychologically damaging and hard hitting furry literature.” The implication is that this […] View the full article
Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag. Guest posts welcome. Tips: patch.ofurr@gmail.com. Midwest Furfest 2015 – More than 5,000 gather in Chicago. (Via Furrymedia.) The International Business Times has tons of great fursuit photos. You may find a few more in a slideshow from the same Reuters photographer. Enjoy a con video from Vox Fox and a […] View the full article
Well, for the next few weeks, I'm going to be occupying my mother's place until the end of the holidays. My kid brother, who lives with her, is going to also be staying with some friends until school starts back, leaving his little fluff lump of a dog all by his lonesome. My mother has decided to take this opportunity to go stay with her boyfriend until then, leaving the house completely void of inhabitants, except for said dog and a bird. So they come to me, because I'm the one with no real lif
If you love mice, I suggest you skip this entry.
So, I caught my little guest. The one that had been leaving little droppings in my kitchen. He was a clever one, more so than I thought. Turns out he was too big to fit in the small trap, so that's why he didn't fall for that. He wasn't too small for the big metal no-kill trap, though. Instead, somehow he was able to steal the bait off the plate without triggering the trap. That thing was licked clean! I don't know how he managed it; I
Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag. Guest posts welcome. Tips: patch.ofurr@gmail.com. Fred Patten’s birthday was December 11 – Happy 75th, Fred! Read an interview with Fred about the founding of Furry fandom, by esteemed novelist Phil Geusz. Thanks Fred for bringing so much content that keeps Dogpatch Press the only source for a long Furry News […] View the full article
